[meteorite-list] Magnetism On The Angrite Planetary Body

From: Michael Fowler <mqfowler_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:58:30 -0500
Message-ID: <FC62E7C3-2063-47DD-B470-15F752F4C7B4_at_mac.com>

"We believe that the simplest interpretation of these data is that there was no or only a weak magnetic field on the APB at 3700 ? 700 Ma."

This pretty much puts the nail in the coffin of Mercury being the parent body of Angrites.

Mike Fowler
Chicago

> Hello All,
>
> Here is an abstract by Dr. Ben Weiss of MIT, the same scientists who took a
> core sample from my angrite, NWA 4931 (main mass of the NWA 2999 grouping):
> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/2143.pdf
>
> While magnetism 'sampling' from NWA 4931(NWA 2999) indicated it was most
> likely 'polluted' from strong earth magnets possibly by Moroccan testing at
> time of find, it did help Dr. Weiss's experiments which are not completed at
> the time of this abstract.
>
> Best regards,
> Greg
Received on Tue 24 Aug 2010 09:58:30 PM PDT